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Definition:
c) an uninteresting task or situation
German translation:
die Langeweile, die Eintönigkeit, der Überdruss
Sample text:
"I remember the TEDIUM of the first day of my first teaching post. In the staff meeting, the headmaster spent an hour giving a full summer examination result analysis from a lectern."
(Roger Bailey - NCSL - 2Sept. 2002)
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tedium
Noun: the feeling of being bored by something tedious
From the Latin taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one
Synonym: boredom, tediousness, tiresomeness, ennui
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